Washing-machine



(No Model.) f

' J. KRONESS 8v W. WUEST.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 359,161. Patented'Mar. 8, 1887.

N. uETERS4 Pnola-Linographor. Washingmn. D, C. 1

' t UNiTnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN KRONESS AND VILLIAM VVUEST, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

WASHING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming` part of Letters Patent No.359,161, dated March 8J1857.

Application tiled January 4, 1886. Serial No. 157,546. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN KRONEss and WILLIAM WUnsT, both of Cincinnati,in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Washing-Machines, which improvement is fully setforth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in whichy Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section of our improvedwashing-machine; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section, and Fig. 3 anenlarged perspective view of the rotating dasher.

Our invention relates to an improvement in the class of articles knownVas washing-machines,77 the principal features of which consist of acylinder partly immersed in a tank and provided with openings, so thatthe water within the tank may penetrate to the inner side of thecylinder. Vithin this cylinder we provide a rotating dasher-frameoperated by means of a crank outwardly, and having a series offorwardly-projecting arms sliding within grooves, so that the clothesmay rotate around the corrugated periphery of the cylinder withoutballing up the goods 'or clogging up the machine, all of which will nowbe fully set forth in detail.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the tank of awashing-machine, having at its upper part a cylinder, B, partly immersedin the said tank. This cylinder is designed to be stationary within thetop of the tank, and provided at its lower side with openings O, bymeans of which the water within the tank; A may penetrate into thecylinder B. This cylinder preferably has one-half of its parts withinthe tank, while the upper half is disposed so as to be provided with ahinge, D, at one side,- so that it may be opened for the introductionand removal of the dasher. The upper part of this hinged section E isalso provided with a supplementary lid, G, hinged thereto for theintroduction or removal of the goods. The inner periphery of thecylinder is designed to be corrugated, H, and has a series of annulargrooves, I, as shown in Fig. 2.

Within the cylinder we providea rectangular frame, J, having spindles Kat each end, joui'- naled centrally within the cylinder, and a spindleat one end is designed to be provided with a crank, L, for rotating thesame. This frame J is made up of the end pieces, M, to

which the spindles K are attached, and of transverse pieces N and O ateach end of these end pieces, M. The pieces O have a series ofoutwardly-proj ecting arms, l?, with forwardlyprojecting parts Q andrearwardly heel projecting parts Q. These are designed to be of a numbercorresponding with the annular grooves l within the periphery or shellof the cylinder B. The inner transverse pieces, N, also are providedwith a series of forwardly-projecting arms, It, to correspond withpieces P, the forward and outer ends resting against the inner face ofthe forwardly projecting parts or spurs Q. As will be noticed, the innerpart of the frame J is thusl open, and as the frame is rotated, the arms`or spurs Q rotating within the said grooves, and the goods notpenetrating within these grooves I, the said forwardly-projecting spursQ pass under the goods, and thus move them along without the liabilityof their clogging up beneath the under ends of the dasher or thecorrugations of the cylinder, or of balling up the goods. As the frame Jis rotated by means of the crank L, the goods are moved forward by theoppositely-disposed transverse pieces N and O, carrying the spurs Q andprojecting pieces B, thus causing the goods to be rubbed continuouslyagainst the corrugations ofthe cylinder. The heel projections Qanswerthe same purpose as the spurs Q when rotated backwardly.

The perforations C at the lower part of the cylinder are designed to bein such a posi- 85 tion that the water in the tank A may pass into thecylinder, and thus the water may be changed as often as found necessary.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new isl. In awashing-machine, a cylinder partially immersed in a water-tank andhaving corrugations and a series of annular grooves, in combination witha rotating daslier provided with a series of forwardly-projccting spurs,substantially as' described.

2. The combination of the cylinder provided with grooves I, as shown,the rectangular dasher-irame J, having laterally the spindles K andoutwardly the crank Ii, the transverse pieces O, having forwardly andrearwardly IOO projecting spurs Q and Q', and the transverse pieces N,including the pieces It, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination of the tank A, having In testimony that We claim theforegoing We ro therein the cylinder B, partly immersed, and havehereunto set our hands, this 8th day of provided with grooves I, asshown, the hinged December, 1885, in the presence of Witnesses. sectionE, lid G, eorrugations H, With the reet- 5 angular dasher-frame J,transverse pieces N and O, and the forwardly and rearwardly project-ingarms R, and the spurs Q and Q, engaging Vitnesses: the grooves of thecylinder, substantially as I WVM. STRUNK, and for the purpose as hereindescribed. l LEONARD G. SMITH.

